BazarLoader Adds Compromised Installers, ISO to Arrival and Delivery Vectors

We observed BazarLoader adding two new arrival mechanisms to their current roster of malware delivery techniques...

CVE-2021-22038

On Windows, the uninstaller binary copies itself to a fixed temporary location, which is then executed the originally called uninstaller exits, so it does not block the installation directory. This temporary location is not randomized and does not restrict access to Administrators only so a...

CVE-2021-22038

On Windows, the uninstaller binary copies itself to a fixed temporary location, which is then executed the originally called uninstaller exits, so it does not block the installation directory. This temporary location is not randomized and does not restrict access to Administrators only so a...

CVE-2021-22038

On Windows, the uninstaller binary copies itself to a fixed temporary location, which is then executed the originally called uninstaller exits, so it does not block the installation directory. This temporary location is not randomized and does not restrict access to Administrators only so a...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Harmony Browse and the SandBlast Agent for Browsers installers must have admin privileges to execute some steps during the installation. Because the MS Installer allows regular users to repair their installation, an attacker running an installer before 90.08.7405 can start the installation...

FinSpy: unseen findings

FinSpy, also known as FinFisher or Wingbird, is an infamous surveillance toolset. Kaspersky has been tracking deployments of this spyware since 2011. Historically, its Windows implant was distributed through a single-stage installer. This version was detected and researched several times up to...

A New Jupyter Malware Version is Being Distributed via MSI Installers

Cybersecurity researchers have charted the evolution of Jupyter, a .NET infostealer known for singling out healthcare and education sectors, which make it exceptional at defeating most endpoint security scanning solutions. The new delivery chain, spotted by Morphisec on September 8, underscores...

Fake Installers Drop Malware and Open Doors for Opportunistic Attackers

We recently spotted fake installers of popular software being used to deliver bundles of malware onto victims’ devices. These installers are widely used lures that trick users into opening malicious documents or installing unwanted applications...

Vulnerability found in Apache OpenOffice

A vulnerability has been found in Apache OpenOffice. The vulnerability allows a remote malicious person to execute arbitrary code. The malicious party must victim to open a rogue document. More information about the vulnerability can be found in a blog post by the researcher who reported the...

The installers of multiple Sony products may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Overview The installers of multiple Sony products contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries CWE-427. Shogo Kumamaru of LAC Co., Ltd. reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

Desert heat not the 1999 film This week was more quiet than normal with Black Hat USA and DEF CON, but that didn’t stop the team from delivering some small enhancements and bug fixes! We are also excited to see two new modules 15519 and 15520 from researcher Jacob Baines’ DEF CON talk ​​Bring You...

Fake Windows 11 installers infecting devices with adware, malware

By Deeba Ahmed Originally, Windows 11 will be available for download from October 2021 - It will be a free upgrade for existing Windows 10 users. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake Windows 11 installers infecting devices with adware, malware...

ICS Focused Malware

Updated July 20, 2021: The U.S. Government attributes this activity to Russian nation-state cyber actors and assess that Russian nation-state cyber actors deployed Havex malware against industrial control systems. For more information on Russian malicious cyber activity, refer...

Lexmark Printer Software 代码问题漏洞

Lexmark Printer Software is a printer driver from Lexmark USA. A security vulnerability exists in Lexmark Printer Software that originates from registry entries having unreferenced service paths, and the Lexmark Printer Software G2, G3, and G4 installers have a privileged vulnerable local upgrade...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

Containers that fail to Contain Our own Christophe De La Fuente added a module for CVE-2019-5736 based on the work of Adam Iwaniuk that breaks out of a Docker container by overwriting the runc binary of an image which is run in the user context whenever someone outside the container runs docker...

CVE-2021-33356

Multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities in RaspAP 1.5 to 2.6.5 could allow an authenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands to /installers/common.sh component that can result in remote command execution with root privileges...

RaspAP 安全漏洞

RaspAP is a simple wireless AP setup and management for Debian-based devices. A security vulnerability exists in RaspAP, which stems from multiple elevation of privilege vulnerabilities in RaspAP from version 1.5 to 2.6.5 that could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary...

Revisiting the NSIS-based crypter

This blog post was authored by hasherezade NSIS Nullsoft Scriptable Install System is a framework dedicated to creating software installers. It allows to bundle various elements of an application together i.e. the main executable, used DLLs, configs, along with a script that controls where are th...

IT threat evolution Q1 2021. Mobile statistics

The statistics presented here draw on detection verdicts returned by Kaspersky products as provided by users who consented to share statistical data. Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, in the first quarter: we detected 1,451,660 mobile installation packages, of which: 25,3...

CVE-2021-20722

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installers of ScanSnap Manager prior to versions V7.0L20 and the Software Download Installer prior to WinSSInst2JP.exe and WinSSInst2iX1500JP.exe allows an attacker to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code with the privilege of the user invoking the...